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CALGARY - A fire has halted operations at one of Suncor Energy's two oilsands upgraders north of Fort McMurray, the company said Tuesday.0 T! _" d7 d$ Y" U ^9 s, T4 L& w
* g2 K7 b$ W$ u5 z7 @+ mNo one was hurt in the incident which happened after a fire broke out around midnight at its upgrader #1, Suncor said.
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- b0 r# b* P0 [$ m' O- B% y8 E! KThe energy giant said the 125,000-barrel-per-day unit was shut down after the fire, and it is currently assessing damage.+ G% \- P5 |# d$ q9 s9 d- I! b. j8 Y
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Suncor has been plagued by a series fires at its oilsands operations in the past five months, suffering three fires since October in the upgraders which convert bitumen into synthetic crude oil., Q @6 k* J6 Y$ \% Y
+ f. S: h l4 B0 l/ m& Y6 xAccording to Reuters, Suncor could not specify how much crude the unit was producing before the incident.
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A fire in upgrader number 2 last December took more than a month to repair. |
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